Using the touchscreen

Your TSC7 controller / Ranger 7 data collector can be easily operated with the touchscreen (using your fingers, a stylus, or a glove), an onscreen keypad, or the full built-in keypad.

Use the Touch Control app on the device to select or switch between any of the touchscreen input methods.

Main touchscreen input gestures and functions supported on the TSC7 controller / Ranger 7 data collector

The table below describes the main touchscreen input gestures and functions supported on this device.

Tap	Tap once on something.	Opens/executes the action of what you tap on. To enter text, tap where you want to type; the onscreen keypad displays.
Press- hold	Press‑hold your finger or the stylus down for a few seconds.	Shows a menu with options related to what you’re doing (like right-clicking with a mouse). On the pop-up menu that appears, tap the action you want to perform.
Double-tap	Double-tap on something.	Tap quickly twice on a webpage, map, or other screen to zoom. Double-tapping after pinching to zoom in some apps, such as Browser, reflows a column of text to fit the width of the screen.
Slide / swipe	Slide / swipe your finger or the stylus across the screen.	Scrolls through what’s on the screen. Quickly move your finger across the surface of the screen, without pausing when you first touch it, to scroll a page or a list up or down. Scrolls vertically or horizontally. Swipe a Home screen left or right to see your other Home screens.
Drag	Drag your finger or the stylus across the screen.	Hold your finger or the stylus on an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger/the stylus, move across the screen until you reach the target position. Drag in a list to select multiple items. Drag items on the screen to reposition them.
Pinch / stretch	Pinch your thumb and forefinger together or move them apart.	Zooms in or out of a website, map, or picture.
Rotate	Put two or more fingers on an item and then turn your hand.	Rotate the screen left or right in apps that support it, such as Maps.
Swipe from edge	Swipe in from an edge of the screen.	Left edge swipe. Displays the Task View, the universal task-switching interface. See Using Task View and virtual desktops Right edge swipe. Displays the Action Center. See Using the Action Center. Top edge swipe. Displays the Notification bar. Bottom edge swipe. Displays the taskbar when the currently-running app is displayed full screen.

Using the onscreen keypad

You can type on the device using the touchscreen keypad.

To access the onscreen keypad, tap in a text field, or tap the keypad icon in the taskbar. To hide the keypad, tap anywhere out of the text field, or tap the keypad icon again.

Using the stylus

Launch the Touch Control app to switch between Finger, Glove, and Stylus mode.

Trimble recommends that you use the Trimble TSC7 controller / Ranger 7 data collector stylus accessory. There are many other capacitive touch styli available that will work with the TSC7 controller / Ranger 7 data collector as long as they have a rubber tip; however the stylus available as an accessory is tuned for the TSC7 controller / Ranger 7 data collector display and it fits into the stylus holder. Trimble offers no guarantee that other styli will work.

Take notes, draw, navigate, and mark up documents in your apps using the stylus that comes with your device.

To make a selection, tap the screen once on the item you want to select.

To display a right-click menu, tap and hold an item on the screen, then tap the required menu item.